Steering mechanism



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E. E. ONLEVE'Y.

STEERING MECHANISM.

No. 596,179. Patented Dec. 28, 1897.

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E. E ONLEVEY. STEERING MECHANISM- No. 596,179. Patented Dec. 28, 1897.

W WTW /FF UNITED STATES ERNEST E. ONLEVEY, OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA.

STEERING MECHANISM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 596,179, dated December 28, 1897.

Application filed October 9, 1896.

T0 on whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST E. ONLEVEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sacramento, in the county of Sacramento and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steering Mechanisms; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in mechanism for steering apparatus, the object being to provide a more efficient and improved steering apparatus; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features and combinations of parts, as will hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating the steering devices. Fig. 2 is another view of the steeringgear.

In accordance with the principle involved by my invention instead of disposing the rudder immediately in the rear of the propeller, as is commonly the case, I employ twin rudders, which are situated immediately in front of the propellers, thereby leaving plenty of room for the propellers to operate. Each rudder is operated by an auxiliary tiller 2, which is adapted to ride upon a catch-block 3 and to be received in a notch 4, cut therein, while the rudder lies flush with the side of the Vesselthat is, extends directly fore and aft. Said tillers have cam ends 2. The main tiller 5 is triangular in form and is pivoted at its forward end at a point between the apexes of the triangle. The base or other portion of. the tiller is provided with a series of projectingarms 6, which are provided with an interposed roller 7, leaving a space into which the end of the auxiliary tiller is adapted to fit and slide when the main tiller is actuated. The steering-cables 8 are connected as shown. When one tiller-rope is actuated, it directly engages with the auxiliary tiller located in its path, while it disengages entirely from the other tiller. The tiller with which it engages is lifted from its catch, and the end of said auxiliary tiller, owing to the difierence of the pivotal points of the main and auxiliary tillers, slides in between the roller and the main tiller. The cam end 2 permits the tiller not directly actuated to slip out of engagement with the roller. Conse- Serial No. 608,348. (No model.)

quently when the main tiller is rocked to one side one auxiliary tiller will be actuated and one rudder turned, and when rocked in the other direction the other tiller will be moved and its rudder turned.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described steering-gear consisting of separate rudders, separate auxiliary tillers for the rudders, and a main tiller adapted to engage with one auxiliary tiller when moved in one direction and with the other auxiliary tiller when moved in the opposite direction.

2. The herein-described steering-gear, consisting of separate rudders, separate auxiliary tillers for said rudders, and a main pivoted tiller lying between the auxiliary tillers and having its free end adapted to engage with one auxiliary tiller only when swung in one direction and with the other auxiliary tiller only when swung in the opposite direction.

3. The herein-described steering-gear, consisting of separate auxiliary tillers for said rudders, separate catches adapted to engage with the auxiliary tillers and hold the rudders in normal rearwardly-extending position, and a pivoted main tiller adapted to engage With one auxiliary tiller when moved in one direction and disengage the same from its catch, and to engage with the other aux iliary tiller when rocked in the other direction and release the same from its catch.

at. The herein-described steering-gear consistin g of separate rudders, separate auxiliary tillers secured to the rudders, separate catches adapted to engage with the auxiliary tillers and hold their rudders in normal rearwardlyextending position, a main pivoted tiller lying between the auxiliary tillers, arms extending out on opposite sides of said main tiller and connected thereto, and rollers journaled to the arms and separated from the main tiller, the ends of the auxiliary tillers being adapted for reception between the rollers and the main tiller, one auxiliary tiller being engaged by the main tiller and sliding against the same when it is rocked, and the other auxiliary tiller being disengaged therefrom.

, In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNEST E. ONLEVEY. Witnesses:

CARL S'rRoBEL,

HENRY BURNHAM. 

